Eastwood Zinc Plating Kit

[AMC74Hornet@xxxxxxxxx (Mr. AMC)]

I have used the Eastwood Zinc Plating kit in the past and it works well
on small parts. Once the part is plated you can leave it the dull zinc
finish or use the polish provided to polish the zinc out like chrome and
put a quality past wax on it to keep the chrome appearance. It holds up
fine for under the hood parts and interior parts but I have never used
it on an exterior application. I plan on plating the hatch line up pin I
made last week and polishing it out like chrome. What a pain to get it
smooth. Once plated if not perfectly smooth it will show every nick and
scratch. I have 8 hours into the smoothing of this little part, but
proper preparation is everything. Of course it was made from a rusty
piece of 1/8 strap and a new 3/8 pin was welded on it. I started with
course emery cloth, then medium, then 400# sandpaper, then 600# and
finally 1000# then crocus cloth. The plating process and polishing
should only take 3/4's to 1 1/2 hours. I haven't plated anything in
about 3 years. 
"Doc"